Tourism is being positioned as a main driver of Syria’s economy as the country works to rebuild and attract visitors following years of conflict, the Syrian Minister of Tourism told Al Arabiya English in exclusive statements. According to Minister Mazen al-Salhani, the ministry is...

Iraq’s main candidate for the premiership, Nouri al-Maliki, on Wednesday denounced Washington’s “blatant interference,” after President Donald Trump  threatened to end all support  to the country if al-Maliki took the post. The US has held significant sway over Iraqi...

Syrian internal security forces have foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons into Lebanese territory, an Interior Ministry official said Monday. The official told SANA that the operation was carried out by the Internal Security Directorate in al-Qusayr, Homs, in cooperation with its...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday that the YPG/SDF terror group does not represent Syrian Kurds, as he spoke to Turkish news channel NTV. "These are not independent actors. They are not actors that represent Syrian Kurds,” he said. “This is a reality. These people are the...